Record of Anti-Gas Organisation.

Two records of the Anti Gas Organisation for HMS BEEHIVE and HMS CHRISTOPHER as well as Anti- Gas Decontamination of ground from Vesicant Gas, also includes a method for dealing the gas and incendiary bombs.

Administrative / biographical background
Vesicant gas is a type of gas that blisters the skin. Clothing and boots become contaminated and a source of danger. Mustard and lewisite gases are examples.

Record Details

Item reference: ADL/Z/48/5
Catalogue Section: Manuscript documents acquired singly by the Museum
Level: ITEM
Date made: 1939-1945
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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